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A major new translation of Thomas More’s popular work of philosophical fiction

In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia,Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live inpeace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property iscommunal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the protagonistRaphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries, More explores thetheories behind war, political disagreements, social quarrels, andwealth distribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of those citizensenjoying freedom from fear, oppression, violence, and written in Latin, this vision of an ideal world is also ascathing satire of Europe in the sixteenth century and has been hugelyinfluential since publication, shaping utopian fiction even today.

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